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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : tomcat6 vulnerabilities (USN-2655-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 84430
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled data with malformed chunked transfer coding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks, or cause Tomcat to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0227)It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled HTTP responses occurring before the entire request body was finished being read. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0230)
It was discovered that the Tomcat Expression Language (EL) implementation incorrectly handled accessible interfaces implemented by inaccessible classes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass a SecurityManager protection mechanism. (CVE-2014-7810).
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Solution
Update the affected libtomcat6-java package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 84430
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2655-1.nasl
Version: 2.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/26/2015
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat6-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0227, CVE-2014-0230, CVE-2014-7810
USN: 2655-1